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Friday, July 6, 2012

Fressinet, Van Wely Win 11th Festival International des Echecs de la ville de Chefchaouen

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Hi everyone,


GM Laurent Fressinet of France

The 11th Festival International des Echecs de la ville de Chefchaouen was held from July 1-5 at the Cultural and Sports Complex Mohammed VI in Chefchaouen, Tangier-Tetouan province, Morocco.

The Main Event was the 9-round swiss semi open with a time control of 65 minutes for the whole game. 76 players competed, including a group of strong foreign Grandmasters.

Laurent Fressinet of France and Loek Van Wely from Netherlands shared the first place with 8 points each. A 13-round Night Blitz Marathon was played outdoors on 4th July. The famous speed expert Laurent Fressinet took a clear first place with 11.5 points, half a point ahead of his compatriot Sebastien Maze.

The organisers also held a giant simultaneous exhibition on the historic square d’Uta Al Hammam.

Final standings:1 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2714 – 8
2 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2691 – 8
3 IM Mullon Jean-Baptiste FRA 2404 – 7
4 IM Adnani Mokhlis MAR 2404 – 6.5
5 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2573 – 6.5
6 IM Onkoud Abdelaziz MAR 2394 – 6.5
7 IM Touzane Olivier FRA 2295 – 6.5
8 Mounib Abdelaziz MAR 0 – 6.5
9 GM Hoffman Alejandro ARG 2453 – 6
10 GM Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2627 – 6
11 Choukri Adel MAR 2145 – 6
12 GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2559 – 6
13 Chaaraoui Yooussef MAR 1950 – 6
14 Benaino Samir MAR 2141 – 6
15 El Alami Hassoun Ilias MAR 0 – 6
16 Al marjani Abderrahmane MAR 0 – 6

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1 comment:

  1. Merci - Fressinet is so unassuming. I want to see him play more. No?

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